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The Shadow World® is a setting for the award-winning Rolemaster® system. It is a planet, a high-fantasy setting with powerful magic, but with a few twists. There are elements of ancient advanced technology from a long-dead race, interference by outside factions of the Terran Empire (via the classic Space Master™ setting) and even the infusion of a little steampunk, as certain factions of Elves have begun to develop certain early engine technologies.

But primarily Shadow World is about people: their struggles in the various lands and cultures they live in. From complex societies like Haalkitaine and Sel-kai to the barbaric conquering kingdoms of Lankanôk and into of wild rainforests of Khûm-kaan, the people of the Shadow World use whatever tools they can find to survive. Strength, guile, friendships—and magic—are all what one needs to get by on this ever-changing planet.

The Shadow World is a complex place, inhabited by many inscrutable organizations. Among them are the seemingly benign and (sometimes) helpful Loremasters, the coldly merchantile Navigators who can transport you anwhere in the world— for a price. Then there are powers from the past acting for in seemingly inexplicable purposes. And there are other groups: cults and orders, gatherings of the powerful who have set their own agendas for the Shadow World, weaving plots in which the characters might become entangled…